Really after a day of listening and you can proclaim that? It takes me weeks, sometimes months to analyze a new piece of gear and form an opinion.

This must be the greatest piece of audio gear since sliced bread was invented

"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass

you mean 20 minutes. manufacturer suggests 300 hours burn in, but out the box you can tell it's something special. heavy as all get out, i'm on crutches and dhl would not take it up stairs for me, had to put it on the steps. i could pick it up and skip every other step until i got it to the top. i'll post some pictures later.

got a $2.8k Unison Research Nuovo and it's not in the same league.
p.s, it will be up for sale shortly.

Really after a day of listening and you can proclaim that? It takes me weeks, sometimes months to analyze a new piece of gear and form an opinion.

This must be the greatest piece of audio gear since sliced bread was invented

Sometimes a component can make a very good first impression.
Quad ESL-57 did that for me; I have a flashbulb memory of the first time I heard 'em... and I've never been disappointed by them, either. Ditto the Altec Duplexes.

Heck, I own a pair of both (OK, a pair of Quads and two pairs of Duplexes... but this isn't about speakers)

I will look forward to a little elaboration on his initial impression though.

Kinda reminds me of Astronaut Dave Bowman's last words when he enountered the orbiting monolith.

"The thing's hollow -- it goes on forever -- and -- oh my God! -- it's full of stars!"

it has a tight grip on the bass, fast, good tonality, has detail but not the hyper type. full body piano. dead quiet background. pinpoint imaging. highs are not harsh but flowing.
i'll write a mini review here as i am going to write a full review for alvin so he can post it on their web site.
the bass driver in my speakers is in a sealed enclosure and the bass is tight and powerful. kinki says 300 hours to burn in, if it gets any better i may be selling off a lot of equipment.
getting down with some buika.

fit and finish is hot, you know how us guys like to play two big knobs. thing is heavy, dhl would not bring it upstairs for me as i'm on crutches. had to put on one step at a time.

Glad that your initial impression of it is positive. When you get tired of listening to it, pop the top and take some photos!

"Electronic music is human sound adapting to indulge technology, and for some, it feels like the signature sound of energy. New and abstract sounds over hypnotic rhythms can conjure vast soundscapes for escape, pleasure, and transcendence."

@mhardy6647 taught me that there's a difference between user-taken guts photos, and guts photos taken and provided by the manufacturer.

"Electronic music is human sound adapting to indulge technology, and for some, it feels like the signature sound of energy. New and abstract sounds over hypnotic rhythms can conjure vast soundscapes for escape, pleasure, and transcendence."

Yeah, the DHL guy wouldn't help him carry it up the stairs, but he stood there and took pictures while Marvin struggled on crutches to carry it up. How rude.

"Electronic music is human sound adapting to indulge technology, and for some, it feels like the signature sound of energy. New and abstract sounds over hypnotic rhythms can conjure vast soundscapes for escape, pleasure, and transcendence."

Really after a day of listening and you can proclaim that? It takes me weeks, sometimes months to analyze a new piece of gear and form an opinion.

This must be the greatest piece of audio gear since sliced bread was invented

You always were a bit slow.

Political Correctness'.........defined

"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

Doing a little spec research shows a damping factor of 2000!!! That's extremely high. In fact, I cannot recall seeing a rating that high before. I might be wrong, but that seems to indicate a ton of global feedback, which is not a good thing.

Political Correctness'.........defined

"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

Doing a little spec research shows a damping factor of 2000!!! That's extremely high. In fact, I cannot recall seeing a rating that high before. I might be wrong, but that seems to indicate a ton of global feedback, which is not a good thing.

Yes it is high - - the super-high DF was a thing in the late 1970s... I seem to recall some Soundcraftsmen amps with crazy high DF (i.e., low output impedance).

Yes it is achieved, first and foremost, by (global) NFB -- I am no fan of global NFB in general and certainly worry about poorly implemented NFB, but I think that nowadays, the better designers have a reasonable handle on proper implementation of feedback, but I do conucr that the cure can be far worse than the disease*.

One will recall the infamous Polk Cobra Cables, which presented a reactive (high capacitance) load and which could drive a marginally stable amplifier (e.g., one with too much and casually implemented NFB) into ultrasonic oscillation followed by self-immolation.

But high amounts of NFB aren't necessarily disastrous a priori.

I will mention, in closing, that that hack Nelson Pass pretty much eschews NFB in his designs.

Yep, me too. In fact, I had a Rotel with that rating. It was painful on the ears.

Political Correctness'.........defined

"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

Yep, me too. In fact, I had a Rotel with that rating. It was painful on the ears.

the kinki ex-m1 is anything but harsh or painful on the ears.

I picked up on that.

Purdy thing, for sure!

Political Correctness'.........defined

"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."